318 pp. A collection of essays on Arctic biology, presented as part of Oregon State University's Annual Biology Colloquium. Includes: The Arctic - Its Discovery and Past Development by Ira L. Wiggins; Permafrost and Its Effect on Life in the North by Troy L. Pewe; Vegetation of the Arctic Tundra by Max E. Britton; Pleistocene and Postglacial Vegetation of Alaska and the Yukon Territory by Calvin J. Heusser; Some Characteristics of Microtine Cycles in the Arctic by Frank A. Pitelka; Wildlife in Arctic and Subarctic Alaska by John L. Buckley; Arctic and Subarctic Agriculture by Allan H. Mick; Health and Sanitation Problems in the Arctic by Amos J. Alter; American Arctic Populations: Their Survival Problems by Margaret L. Lantis; Observations on Some Host-Parasite Relationships Among Arctic Wildlife by Everett L. Schiller; Potentialities for the Future Development of the American Arctic by Ira L. Wiggins; Index.
